Dutch the podcast - Episode 16 - A Dutch-Canadian Childhood and a Father's PTSD
Arthurs Boers’s first memory of his father is of him hurling a potted plant through a picture window in a fit of rage. He recounts the event in the first chapter of his admirably honest, emotionally c...
9 Helmi 202440min
Dutch the podcast - Episode 14 - Contemporary Dutch Culture on the West Coast
We talk to Irwin Oostindie and Vanessa Timmer of the Dutch Cultural Association of British Columbia. In a wide ranging conversation we cover the relevance of their heritage for second and third genera...
2 Helmi 202440min
Dutch the podcast - Episode 15 - Carrying the Torch of Remembrance
What began as a personal quest for Karen Hunter evolved into a pilgrimage to the Netherlands for children of Canadian veterans. The executive director of the Canadian Remembrance Torch tells us why mo...
10 Marras 202353min
Dutch the podcast - Episode 13 - Skate to Survive
Ellen Burka escaped deportation to Nazi Death Camps Auschwitz and Sobibor because she was a figure skating star. She was sent to concentration camp Theresienstadt instead and survived the Holocaust. A...
12 Kesä 202343min
Episode 11 - A Dutch Media Company in North America
Mike Wixson discovers why Tom Bijvoet came to Canada, and how he founded a publishing business producing books, magazines and podcasts for the Dutch in North America. https://www.dutchthemedia.com/
21 Huhti 202332min
Episode 10 - Celebrating Dutch-Canadian Heritage
We talk to former Deputy Premier of Ontario, Elizabeth Witmer, about why the province pays tribute to its strong ties with the Netherlands for a whole month each year.
8 Huhti 202341min
Episode 9 – For the Love of Bicycles
There are more bikes in the Netherlands than people. Why? Biking evangelist and reseller of pre-loved cycles, Bas de Beer of godutch.ca, explains.
26 Maalis 202352min
